Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Tag: Kinetic Sculpture

  • Incomplete Metamorphosis

    Argonne Park 18th Avenue between Geary and Anza Inner Richmond * Artist Joyce Hsu combines her personal memories of summer adventures with a complex skeletal structure similar to an airplane to create two unique artworks for Argonne Playground. These two sculptures, Firefly and Dragonfly each grace one of the two entrances to the park. Hsu…

  • Kinetic Sculpture in Dolores Park

    Mission Dolores Park The Mission District Mission Dolores underwent a $17+ million, much-needed and beautiful transformation in 2011 and 2012.  Part of the renovation was this kinetic sculpture. The sculpture, by Lymon Whitaker is 23 feet tall. Lyman has been a practicing sculptor for over 40 years, with a unique knowledge of materials and their…

  • Aero #8 by Moto Ohtake Spinning in the Richmond

    851 27th Avenue Richmond District * Aero #8 by Moto Ohtake – 2012 – Stainless Steel Inspired by the natural elements on both macro and microscopic levels, aero #8 is a self-contained wind driven system that creates an infinite number of movements in response to changes in weather patterns. Moto Ohtake was born in 1952…

  • George Rickey and his Kinetic Sculptures

    Sydney Walton Park Two Open Rectangles Eccentric Variation IV Triangle Section by George Rickey 1977  George Rickey has several kinetic sculptures around San Francisco. Rickey (1907-2002) was one of two major 20th-century artists to make movement a central interest in sculpture. Alexander Calder, whose mobiles Mr. Rickey encountered in the 1930’s, was the other. After starting out…

  • Hidden Sea near Moscone Center

    321 Clementina SOMA Hidden Sea by Ned Kahn 2000 Recipient Organization: Tenants and Owners Development Corporation In late 1999, artist Ned Kahn collaborated with the staff of the Tenants and Owners Development Corporation (TODCO) and the residents of their housing projects to create a public artwork for the exterior wall of Ceatrice Polite apartment building…

  • Watching the Wind at the Randall Museum

    Randall Museum 199 Museum Way Castro * The plaque that accompanies the piece reads: Charles Sowers is an artist whose practice links art and science.  Here wind currents activate over 500 aluminum arrows to reveal the ever-changing ways the wind interacts with the building and its environment.  “My work presents actual physical phenomena, often of…

  • Bernal Heights – Odonatoa

    Holy Park Playground Holy Park Circle Bernal Heights Odonatoa by Joyce Hsu Bernal Heights is a wonderful area that has some of the cities best weather.  This sculpture sits on top of a delightful park that has views of all around the city.  Bernal had its origin with the 1839 Rancho Rincon de las Salinas…